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**buttsie** · July 17th, 2012, 02:11 AM

by BlueShinobi

posted recently on Planet suzy

I used to script for a now defunct file host, but I know how the system for file deletion works, and there are a number of misunderstandings about it. One thing to understand, nothing prevents a DMCA takedown. Does not matter what you do, you get a DMCA, the file is gone.

This is to prevent other forms of deletion.

Filename

The most common method of automatic deletion is a simple string search in the system. Most file hosts have a very large number of titles they periodically search for and delete upon match. The file is not reviewed by a person. It is deleted solely on it's name.

Let's say you upload a rar of your vacation photos. And you name it "Transformers Revenge of the Fallen.rar". It will be deleted the next time the system scans for the Transformers movie. It does not matter that it's your vacation photos, not a movie. The string matches and that's all the system checks for.
Adding underscores _ and dashes - ~ do not prevent deletion. All file hosts ignore non alphabetical characters and numbers.
If you wish to preserve a file name, you must compress it leaving the media file with it's full name. Then abbreviate the compressed file.
Make sure your abbreviation drops about half of the letters from every word.

Let's go back to your vacation photos.
"Transformers Revenge of the Fallen.rar"->Will be deleted
"TransformersRevengeFallen.rar"->Will be deleted
"Transformers_--_Revenge__of__the_Fallen.rar"->Will be deleted
"Transformers_--_Revenge__of__the_Fallen_by_Misty.rar"->Will be deleted
"TransformRevengotheFall.rar"->Will likely be deleted

"TrnsfmsRvngFaln.rar"->Will not be deleted by a string search

MD5 matches.

Anytime you upload a file, I suggest you rar it with some small random text file. This will evade MD5 checksums. An MD5 checksum is like a file fingerprint. It's unique to a file and only an exact duplicate matches. If a file was deleted once, reupping it can get it deleted again thanks to an MD5 match. Furthermore, your upload may be at the whims of another poster's links. You could both upload the same file and because his link is deleted, so is yours(because the MD5 matches).

Password protection

This is a common myth. Password protecting files does not prevent deletion under any circumstance. No one opens the files by hand, it's all automated.
If a copyright complaint is sent by the owner of material, the file they request to be deleted is deleted without review. This is the same on all sites. No one checks your file to make sure it's what the complaint says it is.

July 17th, 2012, 02:11 AM	#13
buttsie Porn Archeologist Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: earth Posts: 12,714 Thanks: 92,252 Thanked 241,332 Times in 12,746 Posts	How to prevent file deletion by an ex-filehost worker by BlueShinobi posted recently on Planet suzy I used to script for a now defunct file host, but I know how the system for file deletion works, and there are a number of misunderstandings about it. One thing to understand, nothing prevents a DMCA takedown. Does not matter what you do, you get a DMCA, the file is gone. This is to prevent other forms of deletion. Filename The most common method of automatic deletion is a simple string search in the system. Most file hosts have a very large number of titles they periodically search for and delete upon match. The file is not reviewed by a person. It is deleted solely on it's name. Let's say you upload a rar of your vacation photos. And you name it "Transformers Revenge of the Fallen.rar". It will be deleted the next time the system scans for the Transformers movie. It does not matter that it's your vacation photos, not a movie. The string matches and that's all the system checks for. Adding underscores _ and dashes - ~ do not prevent deletion. All file hosts ignore non alphabetical characters and numbers. If you wish to preserve a file name, you must compress it leaving the media file with it's full name. Then abbreviate the compressed file. Make sure your abbreviation drops about half of the letters from every word. Let's go back to your vacation photos. "Transformers Revenge of the Fallen.rar"->Will be deleted "TransformersRevengeFallen.rar"->Will be deleted "Transformers_--_Revenge__of__the_Fallen.rar"->Will be deleted "Transformers_--_Revenge__of__the_Fallen_by_Misty.rar"->Will be deleted "TransformRevengotheFall.rar"->Will likely be deleted "TrnsfmsRvngFaln.rar"->Will not be deleted by a string search MD5 matches. Anytime you upload a file, I suggest you rar it with some small random text file. This will evade MD5 checksums. An MD5 checksum is like a file fingerprint. It's unique to a file and only an exact duplicate matches. If a file was deleted once, reupping it can get it deleted again thanks to an MD5 match. Furthermore, your upload may be at the whims of another poster's links. You could both upload the same file and because his link is deleted, so is yours(because the MD5 matches). Password protection This is a common myth. Password protecting files does not prevent deletion under any circumstance. No one opens the files by hand, it's all automated. If a copyright complaint is sent by the owner of material, the file they request to be deleted is deleted without review. This is the same on all sites. No one checks your file to make sure it's what the complaint says it is.